Alabama celebrated its third Heisman Trophy winner this week when wide receiver DeVonta Smith won the award this past Tuesday. BamaInsider.com Senior Recruiting Analyst Andrew Bone joins the podcast this week to look back on the recruitment of Smith and how Alabama secured the Louisiana native from their SEC recruiting rival.

1:07 – Recalling the recruitment of DeVonta Smith
4:45 – The Alabama-LSU recruiting rivalry
8:43 – How Nick Saban built the Alabama recruiting machine
13:58 – Analyzing Alabama’s 2021 recruiting class
16:19 – Andrew’s National Championship prediction
17:50 – Recruiting 101: Re-setting the recruiting calendar

Purchase Andrew’s book THE ROAD TO BAMA: https://www.amazon.com/Road-Bama-Incredible-Improbable-Recruiting/dp/1629378070

Ep. 23: The recruitment of Heisman winner DeVonta Smith

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Ep. 23: The recruitment of Heisman winner DeVonta Smith

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